Not sure what holiday items in your home can be recycled in your recycling cart? Email us at LBRecycles@longbeach.gov or review the recycling guidelines on our website.

About 200 tons of holiday trees are recycled into land mulch by the City each year instead of being sent to landfills! An added benefit of the recycling service is the reduction of potential fire hazards and obstructions in the public right-of-way with illegally dumped trees. 

Drop-off Collection Hours:

Monday - Friday, 9 am - 5 pm

Saturday - Sunday, 9 am - 2 pm

FREE Holiday Treecycling Service

From December 26, 2024 to January 10, 2025, drop off your holiday tree at any of the free drop-off locations available.

Residents are asked to: 

• Remove decorations
• Take the tree out of the stand
• Cut tree in half if they are over 12'
• Leave trees unwrapped

*Special Collection Date: Saturday, Jan. 11, 2025 at 7:00 a.m. for City-serviced residents.

*Residents are strongly encouraged to drop-off used trees at the City-wide locations to reduce the strain on refuse collection services following the holiday season. 

Gifting experiences is a great way to reduce waste and show appreciation to your loved ones during the holidays. Try one of these gifts for a family member or a friend this year.

Do you have other fun low-waste gift ideas? Share with us on social media!

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Join us in congratulating this inspirational group of community members! Participants of the Fall Cohort of Compost & Recycling Ambassadors Program (CRA) completed an 8-week program to learn about engaging their community on waste reduction strategies; recycling history, systems, and practices; and on the two primary methods of home composting—vermicomposting and backyard composting.

Thank you CRA participants for all for your hard work and dedication to the program! We can't wait to see the difference you'll make in our community.

Calling local community organizations! The City now has funding available for local community organizations to provide waste reduction and food waste prevention outreach and events for the English, Spanish, Khmer, and Tagalog speaking communities.

If interested, please fill out the contact form below to be notified when the application goes live.

Consider reusing or donating unwanted holiday lights before bringing to an HHW/E-Waste event.

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You should never put holiday lights in your recycling or trash cart.



Holiday lights are considered tanglers and can cause the equipment at the recycling facility to shut down. Residential haulers are also not able to separate strands of lights effectively from other recyclables.

See below for information on local HHW and E-Waste drop-off events.

*The Gaffey Street S.A.F.E. Center and Signal Hill EDCO HHW drop-off will be closed December 28 & 29, 2024.

Additional HHW & E-Waste Collection:

Signal Hill EDCO HHW Drop-Off

2755 California Ave., Signal Hill

2nd & 4th Saturdays, 9 am - 2 pm

E-Waste Collection:

CCLB E-Waste Drop-Off Site

340 Nieto Ave., Long Beach

2nd & 4th Saturdays, 10 am- 2 pm

*This location accepts e-waste ONLY and does NOT accept used oil, tires, or other household hazardous waste.

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